For more info, visit Carole Cohen Photography. And she’s not the only one who LOVES GigMasters — watch more member videos here. If you’re a photographer, entertainer or party vendor looking for more clients…

For entertainers, there’s no season like wedding season. Weddings are undoubtedly one of the highest money making gigs for entertainers of all kinds. Want to see how your region stacks up to the rest of the nation in wedding entertainment costs? Check out our handy chart!

With the help of The Wedding Report, we have compiled a list of wedding and entertainment costs in some of the United States’ most populated areas. Each listed city will be featured more in depth as a part of the Regional Wedding Cost series on our Wedding blog (take a look at Los Angeles and New York). We hope you as an entertainer can use this data as a helpful guide when considering the pricing and location of your next wedding gig.

You might even be tempted to move to Nashville, TN, where entertainment is around of 6.1% of total wedding costs (averaging $1,421.75). New Orleans comes in a close second with entertainment costing an average 5.9% of total wedding expenditures, but entertainment rakes in around $1, 487.60! Where does your area stand?

Comments about the results we found? Share your thoughts below!

Custom URL Example: www.gigmasters.com/djawesome
Extended URL Example: www.gigmasters.com/event-dj/djawesome

If you’re a Gold or Pro member, you can create your new URL now…

- Login to your Control Panel.
- In your Dashboard, you’ll see your Extended and Custom URLs.
- Select the link “Edit URL” just below the URLs (you can update your Extended URL here too).
- When you’re done, click “Submit.”
- Both of your URLs will direct clients to your GigMasters profile.

Please visit our Help Section for FAQ’s about Custom URLs. And contact us any time if you have further questions!

Login to GigMasters and go to your Tools tab. Here you’ll notice the new link for “Logos and Images Library.” Click the link, and then you’ll see your unique embed codes. Feel free to use them to promote your GigMasters’ profile on your own website or social sites, such as Facebook. If this sounds too technical, you may want to forward this blog post to your web guy (if you have one) or contact GigMasters.

What’s New

• The GigMasters logo and social share icons have been added to the Library, along with the existing “Book Now” image.
• The social share icons (Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus and Pinterest) will ask to share your profile URL in a status update or board post.
• The GigMasters “GM” social share icon will directly lead your audience to your GigMasters profile.

 
That’s all for now! Let us know if you have questions social sharing, embed codes or anything else.

Gig requests by clients for:
Cover Band – 26,368
Dance Band – 17,824

Members with primary category set as:
Cover Band – 1278
Dance Band – 678

If you’re talking about overall gig requests, Cover Band is the more popular category. However, there are half as many members with Dance Band as their primary on GigMasters, so they actually get more requests per member. Now, this is nationwide so…

It depends on your location!

If you’re in a dance-friendly band that does covers, I’d recommend looking at the GigMasters search results in your city. If you find that there are a lot more Cover Bands, for example, you may want to experiment with Dance Band as your primary to see if you get more leads.

Note: You will still appear in both results (as long as you have Cover Band and Dance Band selected in your control panel). This is just if you want to appear higher for searches for that particular category.

Contact us if you have questions about categories, search results or anything else!

If you’re not a member and you’re looking for more gigs…

1. Sylhouettes By Sylvia
Silhouette Artist
Fullerton, California
Member since 2009

2. Glamour-Booth
Photo Booth Rental
Cartersville, Georgia
Member since 2012

3. Wish Upon A Princess
Princess Party
Anaheim, California
Member since 2009

4. Your Magical Party INC
Princess Party
Los Angeles, California
Member since 2011

5. Celebration Sensation, Inc.
Princess Party
Pasadena, California
Member since 2009

6. Madd Matt’s Entertainment
Photo Booth Rental
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Member since 2011

7. Beverly Hills Princess
Princess Party
Beverly Hills, California
Member since 2010

8. Mike Daly, Wedding Officiant
Wedding Officiant
Bloomfield, New Jersey
Member since 2011

9. Mobile Booth
Photo Booth Rental
Burton, Michigan 2012

10. Nancie Marie
Silhouette Artist
Orange, California
Member since 2009

Note: This list is based on members with the Membership Type “Party Vendor” with the most total bookings recorded through GigMasters. Reminder, you can always update/add your categories under the Profile tab in your control panel.

If you’re an entertainer or party vendor looking for more gigs…

Our amazing Customer Experience team has been relentless at making sure you don’t miss out on any opportunities. They go the extra mile everyday by picking up the phone and following up with clients to get you booked!

PABO Fun Facts

• 12,700 gigs have been booked from proactive calls!
• We’ve made 107,000 PABO calls since the fall of 2011
• On average, we make 250 calls per day
• The biggest PABO booking ever was a gig for $11,000!

So, we won’t HOLD your hand to the gig, but we’re definitely here to LEND a hand to get you booked. As always, you contact us any time if you have any questions about our booking efforts.

If you’re an entertainer or party vendor looking for more gigs…

1. The Buddy Flip Show
Astoria, New York
148 bookings

2. Don Tersigni
Chicago, Illinois
129 bookings

3. Rockn Randy
Howard Beach, New York
113 bookings

4. Paul Nardizzi
Framingham, Massachusetts
85 bookings

5. David Dilorenzo
Providence, Rhode Island
76 bookings

6. Patrick Hanifin
Anaheim, California
74 bookings

7. Chuck Montgomery
Huffman, Texas
65 bookings

8. Steve Mittleman
Los Angeles, California
62 bookings

9. Sam Adams
Parker, Colorado
60 bookings

10. Jason Love
Thousand Oaks, California
58 bookings

Honorable mention goes to Robin Fox from Hoboken with 51 bookings. If you’re a comedian or any other kind of performer looking for more gigs…

Get Verified:

- First, when you’re hired for an event, make sure that your booking is confirmed.
- When you get your 10th booking, the Verified Bookings image will be added to your profile.
- After that, every time you record a booking, it will update with your current number of bookings.
- This image will remain on your profile forever! It does not reset at any time.

Here are some related posts to getting booked…

How to Add a Booking on Behalf of a Client

3 Ways to Get More Gigs

If you’re a live performer or event vendor looking for more gigs…

Enter the contest here

All entrants will also receive an offer for a free trial transportation membership on GigMasters!

If you’re not a transportation vendor yourself, that’s OK!  As always, GigMasters members can earn bonus cash (up to $74.75) by referring someone. Our referral program applies to all new memberships in any category. For more info, read this blog post.

As you can tell, we’re very excited about the expansion of our transportation section. So, if you know ANYONE in this business, please let us know!

Email marketing@gigmasters.com if you have any questions about the contest or our membership referral program.